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Section of Berlin Wall Installed at Ronald Reagan Park
As part of a number of celebrations going on this week in honor of what would have been Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday, a section of the Berlin Wall has been installed in the park named for the President in San Bernardino.
Regan famously declared to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall," and now the section that reads "Attention! You are now leaving West Berlin" (ACHTUNG! SIE VERLASSEN JETZT West Berlin) is poised to teach generations to come about the historic moment and movement, according to the San Bernardino Sun.
5th Ward Councilman Chas Kelley said the wall segment is "going to be the No. 1 educational tool for the Inland Empire." The wall piece was bought at auction by the nonprofit group Friends of Ronald Reagan Park. There is also a new mural of Reagan, with his famous quote about the wall beneath.
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